What's New in 2020 SP2
Check out below the new features and improvements for LoadRunner Professional and VuGen, version 2020 service pack 2 (SP2).
Note: LoadRunner Developer, powered by the DevWeb engine, is available as a standalone installation. In earlier versions, LoadRunner Developer was generally referred to as "DevWeb Standalone".
In this topic:
- What's New video
- The LoadRunner family
- VuGen and protocol enhancements
- Controller and Analysis enhancements
- Technologies, platforms, and security
- Help Center updates
What's New video
Learn about some of the new features included in LoadRunner Professional version 2020 SP1 and SP2:
The LoadRunner family
The Micro Focus LoadRunner family provides an industry-leading, comprehensive portfolio for continuous load, stress, and performance testing. Based on smart analytics and real-time insights, using real-world simulations, and integrating with open-source and third-party tools, LoadRunner solutions drive the application efficiency, endurance, and stability required to achieve quality and speed on an enterprise scale.
LoadRunner Professional is the new product name for LoadRunner. The name change does not impact support or pricing of the product. In addition to seeing the new name in the marketing assets and the product UI, you will also see the name change reflected in the documentation and different systems such as the ADM support site, our main microfocus.com website, ADM community pages, and in social media posts.
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LoadRunner Professional: Provides an on-premises solution for application performance and load testing that identifies the most likely cause of performance issues. |
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LoadRunner Enterprise (formerly named Performance Center): Provides increased efficiency and reduced cost through collaborative performance load testing. For details, see the LoadRunner Enterprise Help Center. |
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LoadRunner Cloud (formerly named StormRunner Load): Provides a scalable, cloud-based mobile app, and website load-testing resources. For details, see the LoadRunner Cloud Help Center. |
VuGen and protocol enhancements
Virtual User Generator and its supported protocols include the following updates
DevWeb protocol |
The DevWeb protocol in VuGen includes the following enhancements:
See DevWeb Recording Options and DevWeb runtime settings. See What's New in the LoadRunner Developer and DevWeb Help Center for updates in LoadRunner Developer. |
TruClient |
TruClient includes the following enhancements:
Check out the TruClient What's New for more details. |
PCoIP protocol |
PCOIP includes extra arguments in the sync methods:
See the Function Reference. |
LoadRunner Enterprise integration |
VuGen now supports multi-tenancy on LoadRunner Enterprise servers. You can specify the tenant ID when connecting to a LoadRunner Enterprise server. |
VTS |
Virtual Table Server (VTS) functionality includes the following enhancements:
See the VTS documentation. |
PCAP recording |
Upgraded traffic analyzer support, enabling HTTPS recording from PCAP files (such as Wireshark). |
Controller and Analysis enhancements
Controller and Analysis include the following updates:
Load generators |
This version introduces OneLG, a combined load generator installation for all of the LoadRunner family products. You select the relevant LoadRunner family product during installation, and can later swap to a different product if required. |
Gatling integration |
Support for the execution of Gatling performance testing assets as part of Controller scenarios. Note: This feature is currently available as tech preview. See Gatling tests. |
Dynatrace SaaS |
Integration with the Dynatrace SaaS platform, enabling you to view performance data collected by the monitor in Controller and Analysis. |
Rendezvous points for DevWeb |
New DevWeb API to support rendezvous points, enabling synchronization of Vusers when running tests in Controller. |
Export to InfluxDB |
You can now export raw results data to InfluxDB at the end of every Controller run. |
SLAs |
Ability to create service level agreements based on the ratio of passed/failed transactions. |
Docker load generator |
A predefined image is now available for Dockerized load generators on RHEL. Note: The RHEL Dockerized load generator image is currently available as tech preview. |
Technologies, platforms, and security
LoadRunner Professional now includes the following:
OpenSSL | Support for OpenSSL 1.1.1g |
libcurl | Support for libcurl versions up to 7.69.1 |
Help Center updates
The LoadRunner Professional and VuGen Help Centers are available online from any browser, and include powerful search engine functionality, enabling you to search through all the Help Center content.
Note the following Help Center update:
VuGen help | The Virtual User Generator help content is now available in the VuGen Help Center only. It is no longer included in the LoadRunner Professional Help Center. |
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